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BLAC's Annual Report 2020 BLACK LEGAL ACTION CENTRE ANNUAL REPORT 2018-2019 & 2019-2020 W W W . B L A C K L E G A L A C T I O N C E N T R E . C A ABOUT BLAC The Black Legal Action Centre (BLAC) is a not-for-profit corporation that was established in Ontario in September of 2017. BLAC opened its doors to the public in March of 2019. MISSION The mission of the Black Legal Action Centre (BLAC) is to educate, advocate, and litigate to combat individual and systemic anti-Black racism in Ontario. We educate both inside and outside our community to empower through knowledge and change attitudes and behaviours that contribute to anti-Black racism; We advocate for justice both inside and outside the systems and institutions that play integral roles in our lives as Black people, in order to achieve Black liberation; and We litigate to break down barriers that preclude our full participation in society. In doing so, we will focus on working with our community and others with a goal of reciprocal and respectful listening and learning. Through rigorous community engagement and by challenging historically oppressive institutions, BLAC will endeavour to explore, understand, and re-imagine what it means to be Black in Ontario. VISION The Black Legal Action Centre was created to challenge and eradicate individual and systemic anti-Black racism. Our vision is a society where anti-Black racism is named and meaningfully addressed; where the humanity and dignity of Black people are centred; where the laws and the legal system are reflective of the real experiences of Black people; and where racial equity and full participation of all Black people in society is achieved. TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS 0 4 M e s s a g e f r o m B o a r d C h a i r 0 5 B L A C B o a r d o f D i r e c t o r s 0 7 M e s s a g e f r o m E x e c u t i v e D i r e c t o r 0 8 B L A C S t a f f 1 1 N e w S t a f f 1 2 P r o g r e s s b y N u m b e r s 1 3 C a s e s : G r o w t h a n d A r e a o f L a w 1 4 I n i t i a t i v e b y T y p e 1 5 S t a t e m e n t s a n d D e p u t a t i o n s 1 6 W h e r e w e W o r k 1 7 B L A C S t a f f R e p o r t 2 0 F i n a n c i a l S t a t e m e n t s ( 2 0 1 8 / 2 0 1 9 ) 2 9 F i n a n c i a l S t a t e m e n t s ( 2 0 1 9 / 2 0 2 0 ) 3 8 T h e E v o l u t i o n : B L A C i n P i c t u r e s MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD CHAIR Thank you for your interest in and support of the Back Legal Action Centre to serve the legal needs of the Black community in Ontario. A brief review of our journey to this time will provide you with information about our progress. This message / report of BLAC’s development is different because it is not from AGM to AGM, but includes references to BLAC’s beginnings. To this end, BLAC held its first AGM on March 7, 2019 and held an Open House for our community on March 29, 2019. In 2017, a group of interested community members were invited to meet with Moya Teklu, Policy Counsel, Racialized Communities Strategy of Legal Aid Ontario (LAO). Moya’s task was to guide and assist us in effecting the organization of a legal clinic, while adhering to the guidelines of LAO, our funding vehicle of the provincial government. Later, as a Board, it was necessary to develop by-laws, new policies; decide on Board positions and the terms of office, to name but a few responsibilities. Thank you, Moya, for all your assistance. Another important responsibility was hiring an Executive Director. We were fortunate in hiring Ruth Goba as our Executive Director, and we have worked with her to effect the many tasks to hire staff and to support their work, and to promote the growth of the centre. BLAC’s staff complement currently includes the Executive Director, three Staff Lawyers (Nana Yanful, Fareeda Adam and Patricia Suleiman), an Intake Coordinator (Lesa Francis), a Research and Policy Coordinator (Mewded Mengesha), and a Community Legal Worker (Khaldah Salih). I extend my appreciation to all the staff on behalf of the communities they have served so well. You make us proud. We are very proud of the work of the clinic and the regard it has achieved. The clinic has served more than 200 clients with ever increasing numbers of new intakes; many inquiring clients have received summary advice. The clinic lawyers have written deputations around policies, legislation, considered decisions, and advocated on behalf of many issues concerning race. I am stepping down as Chair today. I will remain on the Board as the past president. My decision to step aside is consistent with my belief that there are many capable people of all ages in the community who have knowledge and sound opinions and have a contribution to make. The Board should not stagnate by allowing the same few to remain on the Board too long, developing a way of interacting that may become more comfortable than creative or productive. Zanana Akande BLAC BOARD OF DIRECTORS Zanana Akande, Chair Zanana Akande was the first Black woman elected to the Ontario Legislature, and the first Black woman to serve as a cabinet minister in Canada. A New Democratic MLA from 1990 to 1994, she represented the downtown Toronto riding of St. Andrew-St. Patrick and served as a cabinet minister in the government of Bob Rae. After leaving politics, Zanana served as president of the Urban Alliance on Race Relations, Canadian Alliance of Black Educators and Toronto Child Abuse Centre. She worked with other community-based groups including the United Way of Greater Toronto, the Family Services Association and the Elizabeth Fry Society. She was the recipient of the African Canadian Achievement Award for Education and the Award of Distinction from the Congress of Black Women. Sandy Hudson, Vice-Chair Sandy Hudson is a community organizer who has spearheaded anti‐racism and anti‐violence initiatives. Sandy co-founded Black Lives Matter Toronto in 2014. As a graduate student at the University of Toronto, Sandy is a co-founder of the Black Liberation Collective Canada, a campus-based extension of Black Lives Matter. Sandy makes regular appearances in the media to discuss race issues and has had pieces published in the Toronto Star, Huffington Post, Now Magazine and TVO.org. Her contributions to New Framings on Anti‐racism and Race and Racialization: Essential Readings are to be published this year. Aba Stevens, Secretary Aba Stevens is a New York and Ontario-called attorney with a long-established commitment to equity and human rights. She has served in a voluntary capacity for numerous community organizations and initiatives, including as vice chairperson of The Black Secretariat. More recently, she organized a coalition of community organizations and equity- seeking individuals to respond to proposed diversity-related amendments to the Ontario Securities Commission’s corporate governance rule. Aba’s legal practice has focused on securities, white collar criminal and constitutional law. As legal counsel to the Ontario Securities Commission and the Canadian Securities Transition Office, she has advised on wide ranging law reform initiatives relating to corporate governance, systemic risk, derivatives, market regulation, capital raising, data collection and emergency powers. Through her ongoing work to reform Canada’s securities regulatory framework including the proposed Cooperative Capital Markets Regulatory System, she specializes in modelling and advising through complex transitions. Idil Abdillahi, Member at Large Idil Abdillahi is an assistant professor at Ryerson University School of Social Work. With over 15 years of experience in addictions, mental health, immigration, criminal justice, women’s services, community development and grassroots organizing, Idil is an activist-academic and community organizer. Rinaldo Walcott, Member at Large Rinaldo Walcott is Director of the Women and Gender Studies Institute at the University of Toronto. As an interdisciplinary scholar, Rinaldo has published writings on music, literature, film and theatre, policy and other topics. His research and publications focus on Black cultural politics, histories of colonialism in the Americas, multiculturalism, citizenship and diaspora; gender and sexuality; and social, cultural and public policy. Rinaldo is the author of Black Like Who: Writing Black Canada; the editor of Rude: Contemporary Black Canadian Cultural Criticism; and co-editor with Roy MoodlReyU oTf CHou GnsOellBinAg Across and Beyond Cultures: Exploring the Work of Clemment Vontress in Clinical Practice. He published Queer Returns: Essays on Multiculturalism, Diaspora and Black Studies (Insomniac Press, 2016). MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR M y n a m e i s R u t h G o b a a n d I a m h o n o u r e d t o b e t h e E x e c u t i v e D i r e c t o r o f t h e B l a c k L e g a l A c t i o n C e n t r e ( B L A C ) .
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